My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 553: The Battle of Shanglin Garden (please order all the monthly tickets for rewards!)

"Your Majesty, etiquette is used to maintain ordinary human relations. It does not mean doing the same actions as others every day. Wearing fixed clothes is etiquette."

Chunyu Yue hurriedly spoke to stop him.

Other Confucian experts saw that Ying Zheng was surrounded by military generals and heroes, and there was no place for them to stand.

Early this morning, all these famous representatives of the Confucian sect in the world gathered around Fusu.

Of course, it was mainly because Zhou Qingchen was with Ying Zheng.

They all immediately turned around and rushed towards Fusu.

This situation undoubtedly blatantly elevated Fusu to a pro-Confucian position.

Half of the Confucianists in Qin State placed their hopes on Fusu.

"If all the people in a country lose their etiquette, what kind of chaos will it be? The prince is a prince, so he should set an example for his subjects."

"Confucius said: If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand up. A person's behavior and behavior must follow the rules and etiquette, so as to achieve success. If you are not willing to follow the etiquette, it means that you are just a useless person who is eager for success."

Confucian speech is not so polished.

Hu Hai was still standing on the ground. A group of great scholars with high hats and long sleeves were majestic and majestic. They were like tall mountains, all quarreling against his small stone.

The Confucian scholars pointed at Hu Hai.

"Your Majesty, you said something wrong. The Master said: No one is a sage, and no one can make mistakes. If you can correct your mistakes, there is no greater good. Your Majesty, if you go and correct yourself now, it is still too late."

"The prince only knows one thing, but not the other. The existence of etiquette is to allow the prince to treat people and things with dignity. Everything in the world is ebbing and flowing, and it is constantly changing. The function of etiquette is to give everyone There is a code of conduct to let everyone know when to do what and how to treat whom. If the prince does not learn etiquette, he will lose the most basic principles of life and will suffer a lot in the future. "

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't talk like that. Your Majesty has only studied Confucianism for only half a year, and has not yet fully understood the profound meaning of Confucianism. Giving up now would be giving up halfway. Wait until one day Your Majesty really learns it and acts according to Confucian teachings. , when the time comes, the prince will become a gentleman admired by the world."

Hu Hai bit his fingers. He didn't want to become a gentleman that the world admired.

"Your Majesty, you can't change the people around you unless you start with yourself. Learning etiquette means regulating yourself and correcting your starting point. Only by regulating your own behavior can others follow you."

These doctor servants surrounded Hu Hai and gave him very encouraging words and teachings. Hu Hai could only hear the crickets and bees around him buzzing like them.

More than a dozen Confucian scholars gathered together. They were all armed with long swords today and were all preparing to go hunting. When Hu Hai said this, their momentum doubled.

Hu Hai only heard these people talking nonsense. Everyone said something different, and the noise made his head hurt.

Even other young masters, they used to be taught by the same teacher and in the same class.

When more than a dozen people face one teacher, the teacher will naturally suffer.

In the past, they only envied Fusu for having a teacher to teach him alone; but when they met Hu Hai, they realized what a group of powerful teachers would do to a weak student.

They will implement everything in their minds into this child. And the other party was unable to resist at all.

Hu Hai's eyes widened. He looked left and right. These people only dared to yell at him. Isn't it because he was the youngest?

But they never dared to say that their eldest brother was at fault.

Even they didn't dare to turn their backs to their eldest brother.

Hu Hai's eyes widened and he looked left and right. He got behind Fusu.

These Confucian scholars immediately stopped talking, and they all looked respectfully at Fusu, no longer as aggressive as before.

"Don't you see, those who abide by etiquette the most on weekdays are the most chaotic in private? I remember Confucius's original intention was not to force everyone to follow etiquette. Confucius just hoped that everyone in the world could be conscious and spontaneous. Observe etiquette.”

When a group of great scholars heard what he said, they first tortured themselves.

They questioned themselves carefully, but they never remembered that their ancestor had said this.

Then everyone looked at Chunyu Yue.

Chunyu Yue refused to speak. He was originally entrusted by Fu Su to improve Confucianism.

Chunyu Yue discovered that Confucian requirements were too high for people in a sense.

Even for children from noble families, it is difficult for them to learn these essences.

Not to mention those children from civilian families. They didn't even have enough to eat, and they didn't even have clothes to wear.

What etiquette should I learn?

Not everyone can be like Yan Hui!

Previously, in order to make his subjects feel that Confucianism was acceptable, Chunyu Yue had tried to delete those things that required high demands on himself, and only let the people listen to, learn, accept, and pursue some simple things.

This practical method was an idea given to him by Li Si.

All the Confucian scholars looked at Chunyu Yue and said, "The master didn't say that, right?"

Chunyu Yue naturally shook his head.

The other Confucian scholars were finally convinced that the prince's words were Miao Jie's and that Confucius had never said such words.

"Prince, if you rely on people's self-consciousness, then the original meaning of teaching will be lost. In this way, people in the world will have no teachers. What's more, Confucius never said such a thing."

"What you mean is that the principles that Confucius has not said are not principles. The words that Confucius has not said cannot become principles, let alone follow them?"

Everyone hesitated.

Fu Su Zhensheng asked, "Is this true of you?"

None of the Confucian scholars knew how to answer. They believe that they should be modest and prudent in life, and they should not openly make any judgments until they have reached a certain level.

Facing Fusu, he always abides by such restrictions and refuses to go beyond the rules.

No one gave an answer yet!

"I order you to answer me, yes or no?!" Fusu raised his voice again.

Everything fell silent.

The young masters, Xiao He, Liu Ji, Xia Houying, and Cao Shen were all stunned when they looked at Fusu.

"The prince is right."

"Yes or no?"

"No! We followed rigid principles. Confucius never said that. If he didn't say anything, it's not the truth."

Chunyu Yue stood up.

All the Confucian scholars suddenly panicked. They thought they could gain something by following the prince today, but instead, the prince ruined their appearance.

"If you ask me, the truth is that truth. If you say the truth that everyone thinks is appropriate, everyone thinks that the truth should be like this!"

"Don't you think so!?" Fusu looked at his more than ten brothers holding his sword.

Everyone was shocked by Fusu at first, and no one came back to their senses for a long time.

It was just like facing Ying Zheng.

Jiang Lu quickly said, "What the prince said is absolutely true. Everyone has a standard in their hearts to measure right and wrong, good and evil."

Young Master Gao also stood up and said, "What the prince said is that the truth is in our own hearts. What can touch our hearts and drive us to develop in a good direction is the real truth."

Fusu stood still and said, "That's how it is. People nowadays can't even provide a standard for judging what truth is. They are all talking about the truth."

"I think what my brothers said is right. Everyone has a standard of right and wrong in their hearts. Then everyone should follow their own standards of right and wrong."

"If you can find the standard of right and wrong in your heart, and act according to that standard of right and wrong. Then you will be fine if you do not violate the standard in your heart."

"For example, everyone thinks that when others treat them well, they should reciprocate. But some people maliciously hurt others for their own selfish desires. Then this is against their own nature."

"Such a thing was done by him personally, and he violated his own conscience. Although it caused great harm, he will be punished sooner or later."

"But why do people nowadays always relate such things to public order and good customs? People nowadays talk about social ethics and upholding them every day."

"But even the criteria for judging morality are problematic, so how can we talk about maintaining public morality."

"Many times, people are beguiled by bad people and bad doctrines, lose their correct way of thinking, and gradually fall into inferior positions."

"I hear other people say this and do this, and even if they do bad things, they will not be punished immediately. So some people think that everyone does it, and there is no problem if they do it themselves."

"Once one or more of these people are punished and attacked for doing the same thing, that's when you start shouting, it's not fair."

"This is indeed unfair. Because the moral principles are different in everyone's mind."

"And some people have evil thoughts. Even if it is a good idea or the best system, if it falls into their hands, they will still do things that are harmful to nature."

"Obviously, everything depends on your own heart. Whether you can keep your heart or not. But you have to involve foreign affairs and attribute the cause to the outside."

"Today's doctrines everywhere teach people to learn this and learn from that. But there is no doctrine that teaches people to ask themselves what they think in their hearts before learning."

"Why don't you ask Hu Hai if he wants to be a gentleman? Why don't you ask Hu Hai how it feels to listen to your lectures? Are you teaching Hu Hai to make Hu Hai a better person or to make you so-called teachers better? Own?"

Hu Hai hid behind Fusu, looking longingly at Fusu's expression.

Today I was surrounded and questioned by all the teachers, and only my eldest brother spoke up to help me.

But compared with this kindness, Hu Hai was shocked by Fusu's words.

Why don't you ask if you are willing to learn? If you are willing to learn to be a gentleman.

"Why do you have to impose your own standards on others? Confucius himself said, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. If you are willing to impose Hu Hai's principles and standards on yourselves, then you can teach today Come on." Fusu pulled Hu Hai out.

Everyone looked at Hu Hai and suddenly remembered themselves as a child.

Everyone, when they were young, was confused as to why what adults said and what they did were different.

But there are also people who envy Hu Hai. Why was it that when they were young, there was no one like Fusu who stood up and helped him shout out his own choices and ideas when others were telling them the truth.

Perhaps real education is to tell the educated in advance that different ways of doing something will lead to different results. What educators should do is to teach children that making different choices will lead to different results, and let them choose for themselves.

Instead of telling him right away, only by becoming a gentleman with the highest moral standards can learning be meaningful.

Chunyu Yue had witnessed Fusu's court debate, so he naturally remained silent.

The only way to deal with Fusu is by force. Don't think about anything else.

However, the new scholars who came to Qin, such as Zhou Shu, did not know much about Fusu.

In the state of Qin, there were people with powerful positions everywhere.

They have seen those with low morals being groomed, held up on the altar, and even respected as moral models; even hypocrites like Zhou Qingchen were called great Confucians.

A cockroach appeared on the ground, followed by a group of villains. These honest gentlemen all hid far away from Zhou Qingchen and others, fearing that they would not be able to escape.

Except for those villains who always get unmatched praise and praise.

There is also a very widespread behavior that everyone feels disgusted with.

Some people rely on their own power to gather famous people under their command, and put the command and talents of others in their own names.

He himself has no talents. He just relies on the people around him to worship his power and position, and puts the talents and achievements of others on himself.

This kind of person is especially typical of King Qin.

Li Si is the one who most encourages this trend.

Then could his ministers do better than the king?

of course not!
Now that we know that everyone usually praises powerful people, it is hard not to wonder if Fusu was promoted to the ceiling by others.

Zhou Shu thought so, so he asked Fusu.

"I heard that the prince likes to read Han Fei's teachings on weekdays. The prince must understand the teachings of Han Fei's teacher Xun Qing."

"I once heard someone say that the prince believes that in order to govern the country, one must pay attention to the teachings of teachers."

"The prince has mentioned more than once the importance of teachers and education in the governance of the country."

"Don't the prince know that Xunzi regarded teachers as the foundation of governing the country? Xun Qing not only summarized the relationship between the rise and fall of the country and teachers as a law, but also elevated the status of teachers to a status equal to that of heaven, earth, and ancestors."

"Xunqing believes that students must respect teachers, and Xunqing even believes that students must obey teachers unconditionally. Xunqing once said that teachers follow what teachers say, and teachers are in an absolutely dominant position in the teaching process."

"To teach students, all the power should be in the hands of the teacher. How can you decide whether and how to teach by asking students?"

"Does the prince think that a child of seven or eight years old has the ability to make his own decisions?"

Zhou Shu issued a series of questions.

Everyone around also looked at Fusu.

Fusu only asked, "Isn't it true that a teacher's duty itself is to teach students to have the ability to think on their own and to choose on their own?"

Zhou Shu suddenly became speechless.

He looked at Chunyu Yue.

Chunyu Yue was looking at the flowing water.

"Why did Zhou Pushe say that the teacher should be in an absolute position? What the teacher says will be what the disciples say. Does it mean that what Xunzi said must be right?"

"I remember Xun Qing once said that the ability that teachers teach students to learn is to hear, see, know and do. To do is to enable students to practice it after understanding the principles and mastering the rules."

"Why should the teacher have absolute power? Whatever the master says, the disciple will say. What such a disciple practices is just to act in accordance with the teacher's will."

"I heard that Xun Qing once had many disciples. But only three of them are famous. One is Li Si, the current court captain, Han Fei, the master of Legalism, and Zhang Cang, the former imperial censor, who is now under my command. Today’s military governor’s order.”

"Of these three people, which one of them really followed Xun Qing's instructions?"

"Isn't it because they succeeded because they surpassed their teachers that they became famous all over the world?"

"I think the first thing a teacher should say when teaching a student is, what do you want to learn? Then the teacher will teach the student based on what he wants to learn."

"Not only that, in the teacher-student relationship in education. Not only should teachers not be in a position of absolute authority, but they should put themselves at the bottom!"

"Confucius's teachings were originally written around the Book of Changes and carried forward its spirit. As for the teachings given in the Book of Changes, the master should be in a lower position, carrying the burden, and supporting the disciples."

"Teachers should carefully choose their disciples and place themselves very low. Teach their disciples to surpass the teacher. Such a teacher is the true spirit of teaching."

"In the far southern country, people there study Buddhism and Taoism, and the spirit of Buddhism and Taoism is also the same. Laozi once wrote the "De Dao Jing", which also said the same truth."

[After research, it has been found that the existing version of the Tao Te Ching was originally called the "De Dao Jing". The existing version has been maliciously tampered with in Chinese characters based on the true original, with as many as 600 changes. 】

"All dharmas have the same origin. If you want to discuss them, they all come back to one in the end."

"If people see two groups of teachers and students on the street at the same time. One group of disciples lifts the teacher high and respects him as the teacher. The disciples work hard for the teacher, and when they get food, the teacher eats it first;"

"As for the other group of disciples, the disciples are all concentrating on their practice. The teacher is around them to clean up the environment, drive away spiders and mosquitoes, and prepare meals for them. The disciples have something to ask for, and the teacher quickly tells them."

"If the answer cannot be solved, or the disciple has surpassed the teacher, the teacher should quickly recommend a more skilled teacher to the disciple."

"This is the true way of being a teacher. But in today's world, who can do this?"

When all the Confucian scholars heard this, their faces turned red.

Zhou Shu was speechless. He looked around, but no one supported him.

Zhou Shu didn't believe Fusu's words.

"But the teacher is a respected person. How can the teacher put himself in a low position? If the teacher puts himself in a low position, then the students will have to stand on the teacher's head. This is against etiquette."

Fusu smiled, "Confucius did not give a clear definition of etiquette until his death. Confucius once said that etiquette is very difficult because no one can always truly grasp the standards of conduct."

"Since none of your teachers have ever told you what etiquette is, why do you think this is against etiquette?"

"I would say that today's Confucian scholars can implement the spirit of teaching that I mentioned. The teacher teaches the disciples and allows the disciples to stand taller by standing on their own shoulders."

"Only such a teacher will be respected by the world. Only such a teacher can truly gain the respect of his disciples and make them willing to listen to the teacher's teachings."

"When the teacher lifts the disciple up, he has already been lifted high by his disciples."

"A real teacher may not be very famous, nor may he come from a very big family. But a teacher who really supports his disciples is a real teacher. I have not seen anyone in Xianyang Palace who can do this."

"And who said that a person must have a teacher to teach him when he wants to learn? If he wants to learn principles, shouldn't he learn from his friends?"

"Confucianism creates a lot of rules and regulations all day long and restricts itself with red tape. Now five hundred years have passed and the world is about to be unified again, but now there are Confucian scholars everywhere. Don't you still realize what your problem is?"

"Confucianism has always been excluded by the government, and has never been able to play its ideal role in educating the people, making the people in the country harmonious, and the monarch and his ministers being righteous."

"I think this is probably because Confucius' understanding of the Book of Changes was lacking. Although he was determined to save many people, his understanding of the Book of Changes has not yet reached the point where he has learned the essence of it."

"Since the core spirit was not grasped from the beginning, then the Confucianism and Taoism taught by Confucius naturally had shortcomings."

"Teachers should not raise their status too high in front of students. Only by lowering their status first can students have the opportunity to unleash their full potential."

"To gain the respect of students, a teacher relies on his own virtue, not cold preaching from above. Is it reasonable to ask students to do things that even teachers themselves cannot do?"

"I think that as a disciple of Confucianism and a descendant of Confucius, what we should do is not to encourage his original mistakes and strengthen the teacher's position of power in the master-disciple relationship, but to carry forward the true spirit of teaching and educate the disciples. Hold it up. Only by repeating this cycle can the Tao be passed down forever."

"Don't let Confucius' mistakes be left for thousands of years, as this will only harm more people. The consequences will ultimately be to backfire on Confucianism and make Confucianism abandoned by everyone."

All the Confucian scholars were already craning their necks to look at Fusu.

"The prince has been a legend since he was born, and is destined to be extraordinary in the world." Zhou Shu bowed sincerely, "I accept my instruction."

Some people are sent down from heaven to work their muscles and bones, starve their body and skin, deprive themselves of their body, and gain what they cannot do, just to achieve extraordinary achievements.

And some people have not suffered much, but they have super talents. Such people are born to benefit all living beings.

In the minds of these Confucian scholars, Fusu naturally belongs to the latter.

Naturally, all the Confucian ministers bowed to each other, "I have studied and studied the teachings of my ancestor Confucius and even my own master for many years. It is not as good as hearing the prince's explanations in one day."

"Prince, your thoughts have surpassed many people in this world."

"It's not just for the current world, this is too clever. In the past, people discussed principles that could not be explained by the principles of other sects. But what the prince said cannot be refuted or questioned by any theory."

"But, who can truly uphold this spirit of teaching?"

Fusu was unusually serious. "Yes, definitely. There are a few, even a few."

Fusu's mind contains two thousand years of blood and tears, lessons, experience and spiritual culture of the ancients. With these alone, coupled with power, we will definitely be able to change the world today.

The words of this short-lived Shanglinyuan battle were not shocking, but the truth deeply touched the hearts of everyone present.

The understanding of the spirit of teaching is no longer controversial.

Even in history books, this period is naturally recorded in great detail to enlighten future generations.

(End of this chapter)